do not ask what do we do inside the u.s. house of representatives. do either of you look for these books to make him out by members of congress are politicians? >> guest: i certainly note them, but a few at least from a standpoint that these books are a way to entrench these of congress not only in positions, but potentially to position them for future runs within their current offices are maybe something different. it seems as if it's more of a calling card and furthering careerist authors. the authors of books is yet another feather in the cap of politicians. deshaies a way of announcing to the public that they are part of the larger conversation. >> host: it's going to sound a little cynical or skeptical. i also wonder how much the book is written by a member of congress given their schedules and the need to raise money. i always remember that they had no horicon wrote the campaign biography for a patronage job. the whole tradition of campaign books. the beauty of obama's memoir was he wrote it before he was a publication with a little less open a